adargı
/adarɡɯ/
1. small, meager, slight, negligible, next to nothing
- adargı zat — a negligible amount
- adargı haq — a meager payment
- adargı zatnı berdi — he gave next to nothing
- adargı hayır — a meager profit
- adargı bolsa da, amallıdı — small though he is, he is resourceful
2. faint, feeble, scant, dim one source
- adargı jarıq — a faint light
- adargı ot — a feeble fire
- jarığı adargıdı — its light is dim
3. narrowly, nearly, by a hair's breadth — This meaning belongs to the ablative form adargıdan, as in maşinanı tübüne tüşerge adargıdan qaldı 'he nearly got run over by a car'. one source
- maşinanı tübüne tüşerge adargıdan qaldı — he nearly fell under the car
- jığılırğa adargıdan qaldım — I nearly fell
Degrees
| Degree | —form |
|---|---|
| base form | adargısmall |
| comparative — more | adargıraqsmaller |
| intensifier — very | bek adargıvery small |
| superlative — most | em adargıthe smallest |
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki adargıdımine is small | seniki adargıdıyours is small | anıqı adargıdıhis is small | bizniki adargıdıours is small | sizniki adargıdıyours (pl.) is small | alanıqı adargıdıtheirs is small |
| comparative — more | meniki adargıraqdımine is smaller | seniki adargıraqdıyours is smaller | anıqı adargıraqdıhis is smaller | bizniki adargıraqdıours is smaller | sizniki adargıraqdıyours (pl.) is smaller | alanıqı adargıraqdıtheirs is smaller |
| intensifier — very | meniki bek adargıdımine is very small | seniki bek adargıdıyours is very small | anıqı bek adargıdıhis is very small | bizniki bek adargıdıours is very small | sizniki bek adargıdıyours (pl.) is very small | alanıqı bek adargıdıtheirs is very small |
| superlative — most | meniki em adargıdımine is the smallest | seniki em adargıdıyours is the smallest | anıqı em adargıdıhis is the smallest | bizniki em adargıdıours is the smallest | sizniki em adargıdıyours (pl.) is the smallest | alanıqı em adargıdıtheirs is the smallest |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile adargıdılamine are small | senikile adargıdılayours are small | anıqıla adargıdılahis are small | biznikile adargıdılaours are small | siznikile adargıdılayours (pl.) are small | alanıqıla adargıdılatheirs are small |
| comparative — more | menikile adargıraqdılamine are smaller | senikile adargıraqdılayours are smaller | anıqıla adargıraqdılahis are smaller | biznikile adargıraqdılaours are smaller | siznikile adargıraqdılayours (pl.) are smaller | alanıqıla adargıraqdılatheirs are smaller |
| intensifier — very | menikile bek adargıdılamine are very small | senikile bek adargıdılayours are very small | anıqıla bek adargıdılahis are very small | biznikile bek adargıdılaours are very small | siznikile bek adargıdılayours (pl.) are very small | alanıqıla bek adargıdılatheirs are very small |
| superlative — most | menikile em adargıdılamine are the smallest | senikile em adargıdılayours are the smallest | anıqıla em adargıdılahis are the smallest | biznikile em adargıdılaours are the smallest | siznikile em adargıdılayours (pl.) are the smallest | alanıqıla em adargıdılatheirs are the smallest |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu adargıdı, bıla adargıdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".